.
1 i__
..'" Auditor General. ~ I,q's ' - ~, ....."'What's it About?"
1 - ,0 .
4 'The duty of nominating candidates for the ' . ,oo*(lay.,..brings something new. Hereto
-406 1*41746?"c4100 - - 31 4 **!.Ster)sia . „-041arik.N. s forelehaa'hecn \he fashion forihe'iV Intse.f,t ii*
iaq Cliiii" , . iiiltdiiiii4le, kill 4414 - 44 the ijettify," . Over, ele, dons. 'Dolt was in'ltiritl:4
nett ~:t • elefitatetotivieittiiiiii ; +noi r . tirlitf:l4.tw 7 ,# - srito suet; that ' the eider is to be
nilline's altip, , i 4 tnentiglielli in ofonliecjim4 i wlth' , Changed; itiaryie--iasers - da-the eroWing ! . - 4. t
--L:e - --- Afer._&: nr it_eflate*.e.lilieesAtky. , Sksare to ifildnrii.;lo;iviVen out that the. KitoW Nothings
that of our fallow-townstnan. Hon. JOEL B. 4, are tohave Ctorelplight pro;ession. Now.
ill' DAxicsa._, This; ..t.he southern tier of coon- i l to repeat a common inquiry,"what's it about?"
,------ ties:" has up to thii time- been- passed - Surely there is nothing consoling to /heir- feel- -
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overin the selection of State_officers ; but it itws in the result in Virginia, with her 10.000
......, , e'
Si/Ve is •to be hoped that
h e-next-3emo c ratic- I)einocrat
iefniaprity;-iv-Norl-Carelina,-with-1
Ai.w Convention will make'anendn' for previona . her-8,000
ditto; in Illinois,- with her 20,000';
New ti from Europe. - I oversights`-by the selection of Mr. Danner.— i• nor in_l'ennessee,Alabatna,-Texas,Georgia„
Tiiiifot:olglm:fiews received during the past : Ile is possessed of excellent business qual 4 iflett. ,i Indiape,.- and. ;Nein% with their ; aggregate
itieek is not of stirring thilPortattee. It is not ' tionS,—has always stood well at home.'wh t ire - 1 40 GOO Demo - dratie inajoriti ; nor !yet in the
thaify. /lily - iitai - 40 fititlieiotroiniC Tt
"iiiii kribwit"te - eVerybedy;z=cand - is. will and . l
-“oLD-KEysToNE,A , w hi c h t h ey struggled so
will take piiiis iiii4itetrfrnite, 'ilii•aeitiori; A favorably known-.throughout: . the State. ' His desperately, and counted so confidently, to will
vtork t ihaWiitne".,P*llint i throughout f . ,:ugi .- nomination, we' fed sssured, wo uld be equivo. , ,, —hut which has resumed - a . proud positien in
i sau eXii - ,',)ii t ' u . rii l el o o4 if i'.bid ' detuituled hilt - lent to an elilthin: and PshOuld - such be the: „ ibriTYeto+litieepluniti; nor'eantbey find corn
imssisiottsii mid idukt4 war w l ith.Amurica ,would„i result, the people 'will never haVe' . cause to, te r liert. nearer home, even in this !Amway . Anal
.41Cl t; : ill,_,.#o.Jrik._ ti;onvito:.
K .
MONDAY 3101INING,
Ckosiderstble "Liana was createdthere
89-chaman promptly contradicted'`
the 4tikrjr . :, ::iirefurstl44:*er a trifle loner:
(j'i`riuinE,e~ of oaf Deinociatie airaternfio
Mr. aucitA:i Aar
tikektrritatheadtauF President. Mr. DALLAS
alsdiutitied: - • - .. •
Dexooenuic RE.nataNcrs. , —The Democraey of
Nee' toil: 'hid ltitjeiciiii its the Padk. on Fri
daroyezting.`tu honor of the electiokof several
4.f ikeir ; taudidetss for ; city officers. • cannon
were ; • 'es ina •e, gni gre •*-
- T
. ' , pule Tribune is afraid the
"Oeuitiatiiii*dt ptitaiii, the organization'Cam;
g rew ) *it ea s um_ up ! Jen b
tucin a r s
. -the
r3l 1 9 1 oro f Vid, , 4l; ad ei ; to unite So defeat such
a i estitt:zo'
, .
Piat.=...4l7e no
tice§Osetne,wkieka ago,. Abu decision of the, Sur
prerneVoirtiln thevase of. Adjutant tienerat'
Bow?4.l4'delfitring
_that' lie Was end.'
tiaioto 9fficP for dilte
of epointifient •by tsover.noi Bigler, and
tin,* Vanitniationi- will" , not - expire until Oe.
ih.berl4lt payment '
of lis.alart; . ‘.,ttiiutAatnizs. because he bad
bOnd,required, bylaw..lt ap
ikaisitalWeiret,'that tbesz build in *question was
tiui with' otli`er' pad s
and tomotten,„ tL IS now on eln
lie.prope' r offnar. -
at Harrisburg.— - . .
,
214;,.,) , 7 4144,0pett1efi, pii 3 Ocin at, the
litst 7 adviotta, -ujieehlut,settt insportant liespateh
cs iitiejv'gkiti 3 Oritaihht . 4llhbviingthitt the British
atij: ll o;fr , e.ti3Oiliifi r O,O#aitiYethAtir the ChlYten" .
I ;4* - Are4artAiOtni- ellpii!,Aftiericti:
•
Ex Inc Atior.,pyrst!..rr.—Gov •
, Po!loelt haw
'P*l's Joseph 11 40,
dvaJimi l pecthoteterith,jtolicia! jistriet,i cern,
pose**thei, tkitihtiehltif"WeitroOrehttitl,'
M.
Biorrillo,ioo*B4,4coe. ptait f ttiO, ! p94nion An
sociite4l4lo 4/r tbe . United! Suites thurt in
n'Ttie.canal .Comminsionefs met at, liar,-
sishti%,n Thursdaryreek to make the annual
vPi 7 .9.)04.0**'/*Pril, *orks:
in t he hoc OrAPPoinlioasia.set Atm name, of Op.
eglitiliirAltiltiv.tor et Ihmesn's Island Bridge:.
OSMIUM Commito T AVe . judge from:f dm : ro
turf*: of tint recentelection hi Cambria - county,
tlkot,ls.,lAotr.,N,otttilitiforOt4okitiiojedlittlt; foot
u, it In
Suunnitville borough: thevoterAtood—Plutnir
71.196,9116ii00 , t '3lunsteriPlumet 122, Nich
(ll:4o ,
40, NiOolson 2
Cleplajk4,. , : t4iChoilson ', s'; Chest,
Vintner 70. Nicholson ZI ; .Allegheny.: Plumor.
:243 1 ,..,NAeti0t sop 7; yirtknhingtort, Plutner 313,
Nichott;on 04'7 . 01. Phnuer 19,2,
borun., the Night tliNtriets.
17 - 51iit Plutueri afic3 434UrNichulsott t Caw-'
Akt l osl4lw . F4Pcas.—lirt; learn fret]] the
AVaibingliM &ca. ibet has been 'decided by
thee PosteOftim Department that -a, mere ',Mark
ntAirrehar , around' an lidvertisement or oiher
article ta a newspaper, does '
not subject the
tiesuquiper to' letter postage ; aaby such mark
trociddifiOnal'infortnation is either asked.for or
ci.tguytnicated: yhis, 'boa ever, should - not be
un rttuOd fits allowing any device to be. used
brarbiehiftfioutation is asked for or given.—
.AriVirrOce-;-a letter or fi gure. fur instance....
, .
to italielle that the , period of , subscription has
expired, or is about to expire, is a clear viola
ticirt;of law. - Stltijecting Lt:o paper to letter post
n4.lly_Weight ; and •if that is 'not paid, the
pt4iiinagler of the office of delivery is required
to return - the paper to the mailing office for
prs*c#l4o,., : ; The penalty is five dollars.
IT ' To n i 'FAIL—The market for
y t 'T
1.t1:
. .
st '.. de,the'riyitter is said to be
lunch Above -the' , advanced :prices ruling in
an'd' London. The French can now
tinielieiPer *there' di:in -here. The New York
Post says that the shipmentS now making are
to tut dollars including charges per
, barrel 'more for flour than in Liverpool ; and
th fact alone renders bills drawn against them
unsafe.' Speculation' has' been carried too far.
Theittivance in the foreign' markets has been
•-
mom than anticipated long ago, and as the
daily siappltes, m t e ew 'or near . e save --
flinch inc.mased ciliate, prices ure decliumg.- 7
tVe notelanothkir decline in flour and grain in i
the tuarkekaud the tendency is downward.-
11:7The Court for the Eastern Digtriet
of Pennsylvania commences at Philadelphia
to-day.
rearlumili's focuser home in Lieutenant Governor and Treasurer. 11%
Tuusll yre k and - was - ourdialtv elusive-relutqtion of-the--baseless-slander.-r
atOved..;lll.4: wade a speech La hia townsa.en, Thy, it would stein that whilst the Know
cliktbe lialisAs troubles. Nothings of 31assaelinsetts appoint l'oorisli
• ~,G lieu ,
.. iluta ...
m.lig. of the lledftarti Gaz e tt e ,
committees to ransack the apartments in Cabo
:
lic feutaie setni 112: les, and insult, the lady tA•aeli
l*i t e . ire - -happy to learn. eon rel v IVOCAVIA:d
Przi. their Lrethren of Louisiana select Catho- . , -- --- - - ---- --
fiAetu tte diwk, , erousitinclti.4 which, confined him A VnitniN.—Erastus' Bostwick, of Hines
. lics us their eandiilates for the highest offices in
to his berlftir nimrly two months. brug, has Voted at every election for sixty-three
the . State 1 . And why ? because a majOrity of ::
1 , '.4; ..F,-,, , , , . i , , i • . • ,;'
41114;',3.4.44.ki-)I44)LK----T-1":"."4-41..f.aper,k-
___ t h e _ pcov i t. ,, l6 , n6iatta ... are.eatisttlicsa _ they :
_Years back, without missing a single time.
speak ot ais ,ti.it, ing lev ival in I,ol,lliedti - WiSIII:41 tC), secilie their votes! There never Ile is now nearly ninety Years old.
- •
...rin,!/.00,a shiplard. al k. SiU4 lo in vecnt, wa,:." a name corrupt and deiii6lpl e ( 4q t :l.than . r:Ci"'Brighani Young. the Mormon, is repo
'll ti= ait iaincL toLivity. - ' the M/01Y Nothings.
- led to he: - Worth ni.arly j,;:,'00,000.
. . ._ .
. ... .,.
~,
MMM2I
Mill
=MEM
1
^ , s , ,AV:t"
Bret t or c owe. , • r ,, .., , y, way o paten esis
The following honorable mention,' in this ,; Had 'the - connty not gone Denweratic, and not
connection., of , Mr. Danner, we 'find' in the I aroused the'-.K. N:' 'kinky:a -to the danger
.811eOlown .I . )emoerift; 'lt apeaka tor itself i , ' lof a loss of ' patronage, theY
,'w'ould rest
.-, Mu. HA Nxot :' . One of, the most importint . far morcquietly thin-they now do. But they
duties that will, -devel ve ulgin...the'next Demo- w ill. never getiniek what their mud folly ' has
cratic State Conve ntion , will -be the
_poutinti- -- _st to them. The county is ',against them,
lion of a candidate: for, the office of , Auditor .1 10
_General.,
of, any gentlemen whoSe names hive been- or. ~ In New , YOrk,they elect apart of their State
- may:be mentioned in connection with the -same,. t i c k et , not because they 'have anything like
allow,xn,e_tosuggestin:thecenvention the name ,! `e n o ug h -, . ov e rba l ance `
votes, to the etnocratic
Of lion. Jost, B. DANNKR. of Adams cot:int: a y. as ,1 , .., • ,
rite Derntaerats divided
a gentlemapentinently,qualilledifer that:post: (strength ; but becati" 1
- r. ---- Damelt - loi it tintmgheit , pen-tvve-sets-okvmdidates-,Ati-the=tiegisla-
State. ,as a gentleman of strict integrity; good t are the K. N's. are compelled to' take a back
t-th
business - qualifications, , and 8..119n and; un -
--seat, the Democrats having 50 on joint ballot,
flinching, supporter of, the Democratic party; ;; -.-„ -
rind ,shottl4l the, convcntion, see At to, Plifee ,ittur the Repuhlicans. the same number, amithe
in nomination. I am•confldent he would Coin-, 1t.. - .N.'s.. but, 37.: In. Massachusetts their , loss
mend the united Support of the:parkY• ,• . i •' is abmit 40,000 since last vear.• So that, all
Lazuli&
things considered,' the Day and Empire' States
leave the inidnighters nothing tocrow over.
Mississippi; Louisiana; Wisconsin, and New'
JerseihaVe - alsti' , thad
.their ' say," and their
•, i f,, • • ,- -, I , , -
of,, ,
verdict_is an ; emphatic condemnation the
Prescriptive and - , intolerant , P6 II PiP/VO of the
dark lantern order.
• . , , , ~ •
' If, in view of this stron g arrayorDemeeratiC
~
States against them, the K new, NotbingS have
C - 011rage.tmough left, to jellify over Maryland,
all rlt i ma to say is, that "very - bilk does
~
aWay trOtitHleinie im
mediately after the Democtstic torchlight .prO
cessions, a month : Orrinord • ago,. and did not
knoW that 'Star; iciitrirks'Upon them, had
started that 4 . .er'ns'ss" • story'; otherise, "this
weak "invention oc, a 'defeated' enemy?' would
:have received an immediate and'proper Contra
tlictionr "' "'
Wc i tvere, in those . pro'cessinips,, and knoW 'all.
about them ; and when we say' that thee ,itn-
PresttiOn sought • lie-tUnveYed -by the'' story
4BM:fed' In Is :fahle, we Ototv that wo areSS:-
serting what -is num. :But are noti our neigh-,
'hors shielding themselves behind-some 'sortie"'
*mental reser_vation_r". 7 lVe_catiluirdlyAbinkl
otherwise.' They way circulate the story, imit
at the same time intist" 'know that:the imPres;
sion .they. are :seeking to. create is An incorrect '
one:" If they Teiiit. by "Crosses'? the 'ordinary ,
i ni . candles and tUrpetttind;;
Sttcl;f ps.:PrOmetl. in all torchlight pro
cessionsi;.and:such .ds will• no doubt, be used
toimight;;tkei should; as Then having regard
tor. cunder:Unn•tairness, say so. ' There
I• , s • "'
justificationkr any other course on their ! part,
As to their' assertion that the correctness of
- 'the, story was acknowledged even by Dleinci- ,
crate, We. have, but r ,to,.tiay s :that ,if
give us the name. 'of ~a solitary maw ; now eon
-fleeted 'with the; Democratic party c. , who has
Made' any .such 'aoiiciwtOgilient, we will
Imo& under..,;;Thc fabrication is too bald to
'demand another words and. we propose thus to
bring our neighbors upl'to:.‘the inusici" . that
the matter may deckled: '
Will , They-Never Tell-the Truth •
; Tile currency to by a
number of Know Nothing pnivers, 'about a
Gertilaninßaltimoresawing -off two. fingers of
boy's hand beeivoiefuiShouted for "Sivth,!' is
a lie, fpu,'hOld to allow 'ei.eu the taost i
to • believe, it. Read what . tha... Philadelphia
Sun s a leading
,Native American niid Know ,
Nothing, itiper;' 'about such ritliottlouS'
flOtiovuo
icLiG t
4U N*Atift,A,N TA MX NEWSPAPER: r MUSA CY.—
A horriblelale has; been in-circulation during
the Ink few days.' to the,cifect • that a German
mean nit in Baltimore 'had deliberately .sawed
two , 'fingers front. the hand of h boy in the
establishment .where he worked, because he
persisted in shouting for •'Sawn." The ..linseri
can of that city pronounces the story. a fubri.
'cation, and. asserts that The maiming in. clues,
Lion was purely accidental. We protest against
the publication of such fictions ; they .do no
good to, the American party, and their effect
must recoil on those concerned in their props
.
•
Mark the last line ! “Their lea mist re
coil ote those concerned in. their proptgation."
The Sun is right. It will not, be long before
the rank and file of the Know Nothing party
will be at a loss to know whether to believe a
single solitary asse rtion of their designing and
unprincipled leaders, so numerous and out
rageous are. the falsehoods thrown out 'for them
to swallow. The road which they have select
ed is a hard v one to travel.
A Significant .Fact!
Among the most noteabte features now to be
observed in the "world of polities." is the fact,
that, whilst 'here. in Pennsylvania, Know
Nothing editors and st.rsipers are railing out
against ti►e Catholic church, and would deny
its u►enibers all political privileges, down in
Louisiana a directly opposite tack is pursued !-
Here there is no end to the hypocritical fears
expressed by unprincipled dark lanternites,
that that church designs to do this, that and
the other terrible thing ; "but what, (to use
_
the language of llom-Mr.—Stidelt7ls746. Ery A person in Mobile has brought a suit
tor.) say their affiliated lodges in Louisiana ? I for damages against a shoemaker thr failing to
There, forsooth, opposition to Catholicism is no comply with a promise to have a pair of Loots
pa; tof the Know Nothing creed. 1
assert made by a specified time.
boldly. and attempt to prove, that religious
proscription is not one of the Ira tch words of
theirorder. They appeal to their ticket, with
members of that church on it fur Governor,
E==l
HA DintiiCßATtC 'CON V EN TION.
--Concord. N ][1',..Nr0v.,14„. 7 - 7 1belleinoertitic
Suite Convention met today, when Jiimes,S.
vitiei-FMhiimiTe-d-focfiovvrtttn-;--E,esol
tions Were passed repudiating Know-Nothing.
ism and the,Alaine Law ; favoring the princi
ples-of popular sovereignty and ap - proving,the
policy r of -the national
. adininistration in all its
detail 37 . A - resolution= ieUthinending Presid cut
'Pierce ka =Adige for re-"eleetion was adopt s
ed with great,unanituity.—Nearly every town
was represented.'
PoSsinix ?-11 iS'Stated that a• Mr, Rob
inson,:a member of the Legislature of Vermont,
has ititrodoced,a ; bill : into that body, in con
.nection with preventing the liquor' traffic, pro
viding that the third offence of selling intoxi
cating drinks sha a punishable by death.
this seems,almost incredible, but appears to
be true. Mr. Robinson is evidently !..progress
.
' ing backwards." •
' A V4i.tn 14;asox.--ith. A. F. Leonard, edi
tor of the Nod . °lt (Va.) Argos, having been
nominated 'as a candidate fur the Legislature,
declines the intended *honor, and gives the
simple reaholi that'• he wants to get to heaven."
We .stipposo he . intends to intimate that he
would not be likely to reach
,the goal of his
hopes by taking the route proposed.
- (a - A .;Milwaulde paper announces a. new
invention, in the shape of a folding umbrella.
The handle coti.nstS of . three parts., so made
that it way be'falded, while the whalebone is
provided with joints. By means of three coup
lings the umbrella may be folded up and packed
away in a carpet hag, and transpoited easily.
Persons accustomed to "lose Welt umbrellas,"
will please take notice.
AN OCEAN OF BLOOD.-It is said that with
in a radius of five miles around Sevastopol
more blood has been shed, more lives sacrificed,
and more misery inflicted within a year, than
on any other equal extent of the earth's sur
face in 'the same space of time, since the days
of Noah's flood.
-BURNT TO DEATIL —Henry, about 3 years
old, son of Joseph BOyer, living near Orwigs
burg, Schuylkill county, died last Tuesday
from the effects of severe burns received the
day previous. During a temporary absence
of his pat cuts, he lighted some matches to singe
a cat with 'which he was .playing, when his
clothes caught are, and before the neighbors
could come to his relief, his body, from the
ears to the knees, was literally roasted. He
lingered in groat agony, until death relieved
him.
LARGE YIELD OF WHEAT.,—Mr. J. A. Chand
ler, of Caroline, Virginia, raised the past sea
son eight hundred and thirty bushels of prime
wheal-en eighteen and a half acres of accu
rately measured land, being nearly forty-six
bushels per acre ! lle received a premium of
$2O for this yield at the State fair in Rich-
inond.
A Ni. OFFicscll.—A Philadelphian was ar
rested in Lancaster, on Saturday, for buying
up butter to take to Philadelphia, and was
fined by the• Mayor five dollars.
1111
- StarntnEL — Elcyr;-= - At - a - great - squirrel -- hunt
in Allen county, Ohio, on the Gth inst., seven
, hundred squirrels were killed, making an ave
rage of forty-four squirrels for each man. Pret
ty good hunting.
and New Jersey, in the--
, Denuicratic Column I':
Know -NOthingism Stilt on the Down
ward Track, and Destined to go
to Smash!
In MississiPpt the Democrats-have-carried
the entire State tieUet by-111 THOUSAND
iusjority, ALL-the members of Congress. and.
about IrwOotinittoS of the Lttiilature: 'lt' is'
said thSt, bifor'e - the eleetion;the Know Noth
.
nip Ca go a C. on lo iyu -
sissippi• State," but have since changed their
minds !-
, m
LOUISIANA elects the whole Democratic State
ticket by 2,000 majority,. All the memberssi
Congress but one are Democrats, -(llunt, the
fireleating 'K:'•l4l.;:' being among the defeated,)
and the Legislature is Democratic. 'The mid
mighters already had Louisiana on their ban
ners, but are now •of opinion that--A.blessed
are they who expect nothing, for they sl►a'n't
be 'disappointed !'!
scoNstN, asiar - as - heard-from,embra
cing nearly the entire State, Barstow, Dem.,
for povernOr, is 1,300 ahead, with every pros
pect of an increased majoritY.-4n this state of
the returns from Wisconsitt, , it is hardly 'to be
expected that the darlClanternites will "play
upon that stringspirtets of just men made
perfic."
MARYLAND, as we said last week, has gone
'!or" 'the' K. N's. by 'abut 3,ooo—tot more.
).'hey'have'four of the', six Congressmen, and a'
majority-in ' the, ilouse, .but not in the Senate.
Allegheny County, which was at first-reported
as having gOne forctha'proscriptionistt,:giyes
a Democratic majority:Of about--sixty.
lit MASSACHUSETTS the. falling oft in, he
Know Nothing Majority is about 40,000 ! !
Gat - differ, though re-elected by 12,000, had
more of .a majority last year than. his entire
vote amounts to now. He has 51,720 out of
137,966 votes polled. The Democrats had but
ne -rne ber-of-the_iegisl ature,_ w hilsk_they_
have elected THIRTY TWO this year.,
nay
_YORK elects Headley, K. N., Secretary
of State, by 6 or 8,000 plurality, - but he has
not a third of the votes of the,State. The Dem
ocratic (Soft. and Hard) votes combined lends
him many thousands, but being divided be
tween two candidates, of conese, both are de
feated. The Democrats, however, have elect
ed the JUdge of the Court of Appeals for the
long term, for WhiCh office both branches of
the party were united, The RepUhlicans have
elected 14 of the Senators, ,the. Democrats 9,
and the Know NOthings , 9: Of the House; the
Democrats have 47, the Republicans 42, and
the Know Nothings 28. Taking the result in
New. York all in all, the Know Nothings have
just about as near nothing - to. exult over as
could be conceived—and next year they will
•
have less.
In the city, the Know-Nothing triumph is
by no means as decisive as was at first report
ed. Flagg, Democrat, is elected Comptroller
by 375 majority over -Giles, Know-Nothing.
Willetts, who was on the Soft and !laid tickets,
is elected Sheriff by sonte.2,ooo majority over
Toone, Know Nothing: For Cammissiimer of
Repairs, Selah, on both the Democratic tickets,
is elected °Vet. 'Southworth' Knovv Nothinr , ;
and Shepard, Soft,'over Glover, Know Nothing,
for Corporation Counsel. •
The result in NEW &MUT was given last
week as correctly as we Could give -it now.
She is DEMOCRATIC in her popular vote,
as well as the Legislature, in spite of the most
herculean efforts of the Know Nothings to the
contrary.
11:7The following candid and encouraging
article appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer
some weeks since. As it haS a direct bearing
upon the position and prospects of the Demo.
cratic party. we see no impropriety in giving
it an insertion in this connection. Read?
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Political Reaction of 1855—Nearly
every State has gone Democratic—A
Democratic President 'certain to be
elected in 1856.
The results of the State elections in 1854
and 1855 have been of the most extraordinary
character ever witnessed in our politics.—
Never before were such violetillnd tremendous
chaOges in public opinion. In the first-named
year, by a combination of all the fanatical isms
and disturbirg, elements of society, by appeals
to popular passion and prejudice, the Demo
cratic party of the country was buried under
the weight of such terrible adverse majorities
that it seemed to be literally “crushed out."
From Maine to Georgia all its strongholds had
been stormed and taken, and out of some one
hundred and forty members of Congress elect,
but twenty or thirty-odd adhered to its ap
parently desperate fortune.
In the South, although no elections had been
held, the indications were about as unpromis
ing, and threatening to our political friends.—
Dark and gloomy as was the political horizon
in 1840, it was blacker and more threatening
1 854 to every lover of well regulated consti-
How far the Catholic Church is responsible
for the articles in Brownson's Review, and
how far the Bishops of that Church advocate
the doctrine of civil allegiance to the Pope by
native or adopted Catholics, may' be judged
from the following extract from a publication
made sometime ago by Archbishop Kendrick,
of Baltimore, entitled ••A Vindication of the
Catholic Church." In this book, Archbishop
K. speaks for himself and other Bishops of
that Church. - On page 227, he says :
"Although I addressed this distinguished
publicist (Mr. Brownson) in 1846, in terms of
high commendation of his zeal and ability in
defence of the, Catholic faith which he had em
braced but two years before, and the other
Bishops concurred with me, none of us thought
of rendering ourselves responsible for whatever
views he might afterwards entertain, as he
himself has recently avowed most distinctly.
to correct the abuse made over our signatures,
which arc represented as implying an unquali
'fied endorsement of al! his sentiments. Most
assuredly I dissent from him if he claim for
the Pope any right to interfere with our civil
allegiance. With his full knowledge and en 7
-tire-- approval, - Catholics _everywhere _ pledge
and render it to the government under which
they live : knowing that it is a duty indepen
dent of all ecclesiastical sanction. However
strong may be the language sometimes em
ployed by Mr. - Brownson, 1 am fully convinced
that he does not mean any such thing. and
that he, as well as every other Catholic in
the States, in the'hour of trial will be found
the devoted supporters of our national and
'—.Stairte-institattions. '-
and the land probably drenched in the blood of
_ _
tutional liberty. Many of the friends of the
Union and of civil and relig ious liberty looked
aghast at the prospect afore them. Those
fell political diseases, abolitionism, and know
nothingism, had taken such a deep root in the
public mind that it seemed impossible to eradi
cate them in time to preserve the democracy, or i
even the integrity of this Union. Sanguine 1.
and hopeful as we are in temperament, and '
almost unbounded as is our confidence in the
judgment and capacity of the people, we must'
_confess that we shared to some extent these ap r __
prehensions.
The factions which were rioting in triumph ,
over us we knew to be the most evil and per
nicious political organizations that ever reared
their heads in this land, and their leaders were
the most unscrupulous and infamous. Fortu
nate it is for the country that the presidential
election did not take - place in the autumn of
1854 ; for, if it had, fanaticism would have
triumphed, the constitution been subverted .
a civil two years which interfened Grand Jury of Pittsburg has "•pre
before . that,,event have been the salvation of sented" female eTietitaiiisin at agricultural
the country. The public mind baS had Mine fairs as a nuisam.v.
TRH ELEOTiONS. • - 4
-- -
to revive from its politiol - A r trier. Thel TOWN ANIZUZipry s
paroxysm of passion asd dicsi",._ , which I *
~caused it to cut such absurd poll lftanttums j
B- 4 4d {4 4D 1 GS . haipaiised.;away, leaving the patient irt a more j . _
reasonable and,..reftecting condition. ~„The .4i*ddietuian4-4.4. meeting bf thetriends of
titre historian will always set_down the result the Railkia4 took dace
of the 4lections in
.1854-4 a-species If political , Thu d IZ ° .; 11
lunacy which was preralentin the land. which , ev.eVing,last:—Ajitr ”osz.
_for a time lthreatened thedirest consequences to President, P. W. : KNOirSgiit4 BEIM lIARTZEL
the peace of the country. i Vice Presidents, and -- C . B. HANES Secretary.
The 'firsi, important ray of light which shot ! The meeting was - addressed by Ron: 31. Mc
athwart the. political sky was the democratic :Cl ean , ._ ...
air. Taylor,_ll., J. Stehle, and D. Wills, _
triutnph in Virginia in Slay, 1855. That i
was, the flag-ship of the democratic fleet, which Esq., after which the following gentlemen were
had_nev.er yet strack_her_colors._a_nAl_lhc3 cap-_4_appointed_a_comtnittee-to solicit— committee z
tore of which would give the hosts Of - 4natit Ito the , stock, of the :Roadie' that neighborhood:
cism and error a complete and final victory.-- Alex, Koser, E. W. Knouse, John Boyer, Ja-
With the loud vaunt of anticipated success,
cob Y. Bushey, Martin Thema.s, Jacob Lower
they rolled down upon her, and prepared to
scale her hitherto invincible bulwarks. Clear land John Wert. .
;
s. ,
.
and shrill was the note of defiance given by her_
„..elt Bendersviik_A
meeting.,
to further. the,_
deinocratio crew and their gallant leader, lien- .
i .tta . droad
, pro . 4 ect was .. , held ~ at liptriersvi Ile on
Ty A. Wise. When the smoke of the conteSt.
Friday evening,l'ouN ButiSitoi.oripreiiiknt,
had cleared away, the banner of dernocracfand 1
of civil and religious liberty was still floating I Jorix,BßlD .r,n. and Jo.x4s ROuTz.anli Vice Ores-,
from the mast-head of the Old Dominion amid 1 id entsian d j oiorwmusoti secreta ry . Speeches
thundering cheers; iv'hile the hosts of bigotry 1 ' . • .
-.-.-
were a in; 'ac . ron
towards the North.
:After this glorious' and brilliant result the
political sky began rapidly to clear off, the
blank elements of fanaticism to-disappear from
the heavens. The. tide commenced sunning
.against the enemies of democracy as resistless
ly as it lad set in their favor in 1854.: =Every
where their legions encountered defeat—their
majorities melted • away. North Carolina,
stauch and true, responded to the voice of
Virginia, .and rolled up eight thousand demo
cratic majority. Johnson, democrat, after .a
desperate struggle, carried Tennessee by two
thousand majority. - Alabama came thunder
ing
th eleven thousawd - forthe - canse - of - civi
and religious liberty ; and the friends of de
mocracy carried Texas by seven-or eight thous
and. Illinois had previously been redeemed
in June, by a majority amounting to many
thousands.
'Kentucky, the "dark and. bloody; ground,"
was only carried by our opponents after the
'perpetration of atrocities at Louisville that
Made humanity shudder, and which strongly
contributed tor roll .with .a mightier impetus
the democratic ball. that was Sweeping the
country. '• Maine gave ~fanaticism a Waterloo
blow in vrhatyou considered its impregnable
stronghold by electing a democratic governor
and legislature by *;11 ;Sweeping majority.—
Georgia. the Empire State
_of. th.e, South, has
come to the:rescue with a democratic governor
by ten thousand majority.,;si x democratic mem
bers. of Congress, and a-democratic tegislatu re.
Indiana—staunch and Union-loving Indiana—
.has lowered, the b!ack flag of the isms
-and run
up the democratic . Mt andard, with the shouts
and approbation of the. vast majority of tier
population. Pennsylvania, the keystone of the
arch, has been brought' back to her position.
and the .demOcratic Fabric now rests on a solid
foundation. .
The democratic success in Pennsylvania is
the most important demonstration yet, and de
stroys every hope the allied army of intolerance
and_ bigotry may have had of carrying the
presidential election in 1856. Without the
mighty voice,of old "Penn," the election of an
abolition governor in Ohio will be but a barren
sceptre in their grasp.. Let us now post the
book of the elections in 1855. The following
are the democratic States :
-•
' ' Electoral votes. - -
, )
Virginia, . . • • .15 10,000
North Carolina, 10 . 8,000
.
Illinois, 11 ' 20,000
Tennessee, 12 - 2.000
Alabama, 9 11,000
Texas, .• 4 .8,000
Maine, legislature 2 to 1 8
Georgia, 10 10.000
Indiana, 13 15.000
Pennsylvania, _ - 27 12,000
. .
119 %,000
The abolition know-nothing .coalition have
carried the following States :
Electoral votes,
Kentucky, ' 12 4,000
Verinont, - 5 10,000
Ohio, - • - 23 20,000
.
California, , 4 - 4,000
How prodigious the reaction since 1854 !
We did not then carry a single State; but in
1855, thus far, we have carried ten States, with
one hinidred and nineteen electoral votes, to
opponents' four States, With forty-four elec
toral votes.
It is now apparent to every intelligent man
that the democrats will elect the President in
1856. As the only national party in the field,
they will sweep the entire country: The op
position, sectional' in its nature, divided and
broken, dispirited by defeat, can make no head
way against our triumphant coluinns. Who
ever the National Democratic Convention de
signates will be the next President of the,
United States. The political sky 'is now as'
bright for us as it was for the opposition s year
ago. Most truly we can say, "Now is the
winter of our discontent. made glorious sum
mer."
The public sentiment of the country, with
the exception of Ohio, has returned to its usual
healthy condition, and we by no means despair
of bringing her into the democratic fold in
1856. Fanaticism will by that time have run
its race, and become odious and obnoxious to
our people. In view of the general condition
of political affairs, we can most heartily con
gratulate the democratic organization,upon the
brilliant prospects before them, and of the re
ward which their stern integrity and devotion
to principles will shortly receive.
Catholic Allegiance.
ll=
Capt.' McCurdy, and Wrn. B. Wilson; E.,q. A
committee to solicit subscriptions was appoint.
ed, viz: John Bender, Henry Benner, Jonas
Routzahn, John Burkholder, and Win. B.
Wilson:
.qt Cash town.---A Railroad meeting was held
at the house of . Henry Mickley, in Cashtown,
on Saturday evening last—lsA,to RIFE Presi
dent, HENRY MICKLEY and .Otte.D'ic.:Srovna
Vice Presidents. and. GEORGE Busngr and
- Isamu ORR Secretaries.' 1);
ssrs—lnribe hind Taylor,andll-3._ , Stahle, -
addressed "those present. Committee to obtain
subscriptions of stock : Messrs. lsaic Rife, F.
Diehl,_Jaeob Mickley of D. of E. W. Stah•
W. A. 'Heintzelroan, Jacob' Cover, Jas. RuSsell;
Abraham Scott, and Thos. J. Cooper. Several
shares of stock were taken on the spot.
A Railroad !Ideating 'will take . placeitt the
Court-house, That
, (Monday) .9flernobn, 'at 1:"
o'clock. Speaking, &C.
( I:7A Meeting will also.be, held - at FRANCIS
Binuat's, on Marsh creek. on Thursday evening
next, when several .Railroad speeches may be,
expected. • KEYS TtiE BALL
,ROLLING
o:7Persoyisin this neighborhood wbo wish
to subscribe to the stock of the Gettysburg
'Railroad, Will always find a book opened for
that purpose at 31cei.n.LAN's hotel. Subscrip
tion books are also in the_ hands of the town
ship committees.
MKETP;IG LAMS ' -
. meeting . 'of the
Ladies of the Borough: was.
aughy!s , Hall on Monday evening, to consult,
upon ihe Propriety of getting up a 'to
se
cure a good walk, to the; Cemetery. Mrs._ H. J.
Symms was-called to the Chair, and Miss ,
NARGARETTA IVICCLELT4N appointed Secretary.
After an interchange of views, it wag resolved - :
to hold a Fair, , the proceeds to be applied to
procuring a 'good, permanent and shaded walk
to the Cemetery grounds, and that the Ladies
of Gettysburg be requested to . PartiCipate. '
On a motion.to appoint sn Executive . Com
mittee of two ladies from . each Congregation,
to further the purpose of.the : meeting, the fol- f .
lowing ladies were named RobCrt Hor
ner, Miss 'Annie Fa tmestock, Mrs. John Wine
brenner, Miss Annie Danner, Mrs. D. A:
Buehler, Miss C. E. FahnestoCk, Mrs. - J. L.
Schick, Miss Sallie Paxton; Mrs. Peter Wei-,
kert, Miss Louisa Gillespie, Miss Bell Thonsp- -
son, and Miss Annie Runkle.
Committees were alsoappointed from each,
of the Congregations, to co-operate with the
Executive Committee, ,viz
38,000
Presbyterian Margaretta Mc-
Clellan, Mrs. Jas. G. Reed, Miss Margaret Mc
el ea n, Miss Lou isa MeCreari; Miss Mary 31e11-
Benny.
! German Reformed—Mrs. H. `J: Stehle, Misi
Salome Vendersloot, : Mrs. 11. G. Carr, Miss
Hannah Danner, Miss Emma Geyer.
Lutheran
_(Christ's Church)—Miss Elenora
Schmucker,• Mrs. Dr. H. S. Huber, - Mrs. Dr.
J. A. Swope. Mrs. W. L. Campbell; Miss Al
ice Baugher, Mrs. H. S. Koons.
Methodist Episcopal—Miss Mary Showers,
Miss Martha Warren, Miss Jane Powers, Mra.
J. H. o..Dosh. Mts. E. Z. Little.
Lutheran (SI. James'. Church)—Mrs. Sam
uel Weaver,, Miss Martha Martin, Miss Sarah
Chritzman, Miss Alma Sell, Miss Mary Kurtz.
Adjourned to meet at McConaughy's Hall
on Wednesday afternoon, to complete the ar
rangements.
ADJOURNED MEETING. —Over fifty ladies were
present at the adjourned meeting on Wednes 7
day afternoon. Permanent officers were elect
ed as follows :
President—Mrs. R. G. Harper.
Vice President—Mrs. E. Z. Little.
Secretary--Miss Maria Walter.
Treasurer—Miss Matilda Gillespie.
It was resolved to commence the Fair on
next Christmas Eve, in McConaughy's Hall.
There are to be twelve tables, viz :—One for
Cakes, one fOr Oysters, one for Toys, one for
Books, with Post Offue, &c.. and eight Fancy
tables. The following persons were designa
ted as "Heads of Tables," to associate with
them assistants, varying from 8 to 20 to each
table.
Cakes —Miss Margaretta McClellan
Martha A. Harper.
Oys!era—Mrs. R. G. Harper.
Toys—MiFs Mary Mcllhenny, Miss Georgi
ans McCreary.
Books. sC'e.—Miss Annie Danner, Miss Annie
Fahnestock.
Fancy articles—No. 1. Miss E. Schrnucker.
44 "
2. Miss Clarissa Little.
" 3. Mrs. W. L. Campbell.
" 47Miss Maria Walter.
" 5. Miss Bell Thompson.
" 6. Miss Jane Powers.
41. "
7 Miss S. Vandersloot.
" 8. Miss Martha Warren,
Mrs. J. L Schick.
Ladies not associating themselves . with
"Heads of Tables," will send sta .- articles as
they prepare to the President, who will . wake
a re ter dis isition of them.
• So-the LADIES' FAIR is a "fixed fact."—Now,
Dents. unloose your purse strings nod prepare
Lu subtungraciouly to those who, if they will
(MEETING 10-DAY:.Zn
THE FAIR.